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SLOUGH

Volume 20 · 64 words · 1860 Edition

a village of England, Buckinghamshire, 20 miles W. of London. It has recently risen to some consequence, since it has been made a principal station on the Great Western Railway; a new church, a large railway hotel, and many private houses have been erected. It was here that Sir William Herschell erected his large telescope, and made some of his great discoveries. Pop. 1189.